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Prayers to survive wars that last (poems)

Title
Prayers to survive wars that last (poems) / Chielozona Eze.
Author
Eze, Chielozona
Publication
Milwaukee, WI : Cissus World Press, ©2017.

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Description
70 pages; 23 cm
Subject
  • 1967-2099
  • African poetry (English)
  • African poetry (English) > 21st century
  • Nigerian poetry > 21st century
  • Survival > Poetry
  • Nigerian poetry
  • Survival
  • Nigeria > History > Civil War, 1967-1970 > Poetry
  • Nigeria > Poetry
  • Nigeria
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Poetry.
Note
  • Poems.
Contents
Prologue. Preface ; Lagos, Lagos ; The three patriarchs -- The war survivor returns to his Mother. The art of loving what is not perfect ; A look from the window of his old room ; Memory: a parable ; Memory: a prayer ; What is not remembered is not redeemed -- He looks at the pictures of the war he survived. Unknown boy soldiers ; The exodus ; Our eyes are watching God ; Starved girl ; Boy with kwashiorkor belly ; Before death, hell ; The shame of empty plates ; Remember me -- He talks with his memory. He who has no sin ; Letter to self from city that survived ; Memory, again ; How did the song end ; Speak to me, memory ; Ode to my refugee shirt ; Not letting the dead bury the dead ; The human condition ; In praise of question marks ; Stocktaking ; How to survive wars that survive ; Praying for the weak in times of endless wars ; Picking mushrooms ; The color of money ; Refusing my father's fate ; Epiphany -- He remembers other people in pain. The black woman killed by the apartheid police ; The Nigerian woman who was to be stoned for making love ; Victuals for the dead ; An elegy ; A new planting season ; Of gods, love and grandma ; In search of my father's dream ; An army roadblock -- He just wants to dance. Regrets of a crippled veteran ; Could he haunt others as he was haunted? ; He celebrates his 50th birthday ; Whatever evil I had suffered, I forgot ; Survival kit ; The traveler ; Sitting on an egg ; When poetry heals.
Call Number
Sc E 20-459
ISBN
  • 9780997868944
  • 0997868945
OCLC
1014147962
Author
Eze, Chielozona, author.
Title
Prayers to survive wars that last (poems) / Chielozona Eze.
Imprint
Milwaukee, WI : Cissus World Press, ©2017.
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Chronological Term
1967-2099
Local Subject
Black author.
Research Call Number
Sc E 20-459
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